I’m getting BFN’s and a decreasing temp, though still above the coverline, and I have been on and off bleeding (bright red blood, to brown, to nothing for 8+ hours) for the last 2 days. Pretty sure that I am out for this cycle.

My question is…do you stop Progesterone on your own or do you keep taking it until your period comes? Will it come? I feel like I’m just prolonging moving on to the next cycle…You know? I am fully ready to throw in the towel…But I still have the teeeeeeniest bit of hope. LOL

Is my temp still above the coverline simply because of the Progesterone?

My RE asked me what my typical LP was, so when I told her it was typically 14-15 days, she said to stop taking the progesterone on 16dpo or when AF started which ever came first. If it was 16dpo, then I am to take a test prior to stopping to make sure that there isn’t a late bfp. It can definitely prolong your AF from arriving. Hope that helps!! 🙂

@dodgercpkl: Thank youu!! I see… When Googling 16DPO seems to be a common answer! I think next cycle, if my temp sustains, I will try to wait that long.

I think I posted this too soon, with that monster drop today I’m going to go test now and make sure it is a BFN, and pull the plug tonight. I’m ready to move on!!! I just figured that since I had gotten four days of 97.7 that those temps were here to stay until I dropped the P, but I took it last night and it went down to 97.1!!! lol

@bluegreenjean: Provera will bring on your period. It’s not safe to use during pregnancy! Prometrium is what’s safe to use during pregnancy or when hoping to be pregnant and supplementing your progesterone during your luteal phase.

My doctor has me taking prometrium starting on the 2nd day after I O and then I take it for 12 days. I then take a HPT and if it is negative I stop the prometrium. She says that stopping the prometrium will bring on my period.

@bluegreenjean: Prometrium is a bio-identical and helps increase progesterone for those that are low producers or suspected to be low producers. It can safely be used during the luteal phase with the hopes that a pregnancy will occur and the extra progesterone will help support the pregnancy. Provera is used solely to bring on a period and will almost always cause a miscarriage if taken while unknowingly pregnant.